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This is the only book authored by a non-Cuban that thoroughly explores Cuba’s electoral process. Based on the author’s 18-month stay on the island, it provides a comprehensive account of the entire process, enriched with dozens of his original photos, making you feel as if you were there!

In examining Cuba’s neighbours, the focus is on Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador. The book provides insightful background on the development of democracy and elections in these countries. For Cuba, the author expands on his groundbreaking 1999 book, offering for the first time in English a critical look at the political system through the eyes of his fellow Cuban revolutionaries. The author delves into Cuban voting trends where no one else dares, revealing statistics from 2013 that predicted the major problems currently facing the political system. This analysis of the Cuban, Venezuelan, Bolivian and Ecuadorian experiences (the latter under Correa) contrasts sharply with that of the U.S. Chapter 2, “Democracy in the U.S.,” is the author’s highlight, as he explores how the core of the U.S. system is sustained by cooptation and racial dynamics. This chapter is also essential for understanding the 2024 U.S. election.

This is the only book authored by a non-Cuban that thoroughly explores Cuba’s electoral process. Based on the author’s 18-month stay on the island, it provides a comprehensive account of the entire process, enriched with dozens of his original photos, making you feel as if you were there!

In examining Cuba’s neighbours, the focus is on Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador. The book provides insightful background on the development of democracy and elections in these countries. For Cuba, the author expands on his groundbreaking 1999 book, offering for the first time in English a critical look at the political system through the eyes of his fellow Cuban revolutionaries. The author delves into Cuban voting trends where no one else dares, revealing statistics from 2013 that predicted the major problems currently facing the political system. This analysis of the Cuban, Venezuelan, Bolivian and Ecuadorian experiences (the latter under Correa) contrasts sharply with that of the U.S. Chapter 2, “Democracy in the U.S.,” is the author’s highlight, as he explores how the core of the U.S. system is sustained by cooptation and racial dynamics. This chapter is also essential for understanding the 2024 U.S. election.
Cuba y Sus Vecinos: Democracia en movimiento, Ediciones de las Ciencias Sociales, Havana, Cuba, 2014 (Spanish translation of Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion)

Korean translation of Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion, published by Samcheolli Publishing, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2015

Cuba y Sus Vecinos: Democracia en movimiento, Ediciones de las Ciencias Sociales, Havana, Cuba, 2014 (Spanish translation of Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion)

Korean translation of Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion, published by Samcheolli Publishing, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2015

To understand the U.S. policy of undermining Cuba through cultural wars, this book is essential. It is the only one in English dedicated to this aspect and accurately predicted the outcome. And the results are far from pretty.

This Spanish-language book is an updated and improved version of the original English-language edition Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond.

To understand the U.S. policy of undermining Cuba through cultural wars, this book is essential. It is the only one in English dedicated to this aspect and accurately predicted the outcome. And the results are far from pretty.

This Spanish-language book is an updated and improved version of the original English-language edition Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond.

Farsi translation of Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond, published by Masmoon Books, Tehran, Iran, 2021

The untold story of Fidel, the man behind the myth, featuring impactful, never-before-published original photos. Includes insights on Pierre Trudeau and China. Forthcoming in English as Fidel Castro and Pierre Trudeau: Lessons Learned from Cuba, Canada and China (working title), Iskra Books, 2025.

Farsi translation of Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond, published by Masmoon Books, Tehran, Iran, 2021

The untold story of Fidel, the man behind the myth, featuring impactful, never-before-published original photos. Includes insights on Pierre Trudeau and China. Forthcoming in English as Fidel Castro and Pierre Trudeau: Lessons Learned from Cuba, Canada and China (working title), Iskra Books, 2025.

FIDEL CASTRO COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET

Fidel Castro, Guerrillero, written and published in 2016 by Arnold August

This 25-page commemorative booklet, illustrated and trilingual, pays homage to Fidel Castro. It features two insightful texts by Arnold August available in English, Spanish and French: “Fidel the Guerrilla in 2015–16 and Beyond” and “Fidel’s Legacy to the World on Theory and Practice.” The first text is a presentation* given by Arnold in August 2016 for Fidel’s 90th birthday, highlighting what Arnold believes to be Fidel’s prescient insights on Obama’s Cuba policy, which are being validated by recent events. A video with excerpts of the presentation is available in Spanish with subtitles in English, Spanish and French. The second text is an article written by Arnold following Fidel’s death later that same year.
*Includes interviews with Arnold August, Professor Claude Morin (retired professor from Université de Montréal), Miguel Barnet (Cuban intellectual and writer), Wilmer Omar Barrientos (Venezuelan Ambassador to Canada) and Jadiyetu El Mohtar (National Union of Saharawi Women). Tip: Watch this instructional video on how to change the language for YouTube auto-translation.

Video: From Washington, D.C.: Arnold August and other guests on Russia Today (RT)’s Scottie Nell Hughes’ Perspective show. Television panel discussion about Julian Assange’s release.

The discussion includes the Assange leaks about the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and “Russian Interference.” We also debated the Russia–Ukraine war, Palestine and how these relate to journalism.

Free at last… free at last, Julian Assange is free, at least physically…for now. In a surprising yet deserved move, a British court released Julian from his jail cell. But what happens next to the WikiLeaks founder? On this episode of Perspective, your host, Scottie Nell Hughes, speaks to her panel (Randy Credico, comedian, radio host, and activist; Misty Winston, political activist, organizer and co-host of Action for Assange; and Arnold August, author and journalist) about the price Assange paid for his freedom and what the future holds for the world’s most famous journalist and activist.”   – Perspective television, Russia Today (RT), Washington, D.C.

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Arnold August, M.A. in Political Science from McGill University, where he also completed two years of Ph.D. studies in the same field, is a Montreal-based author and journalist specializing in geopolitics and international relations, Global South, multipolarity, BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

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